Zionism was founded as a secular ethno-nationalist movement and to this day your entitlement to Israeli citizenship depends on your ethnicity, not your religion.
An atheist Jew is just as entitled to live in Israel as an ultra-orthodox one.
One should point out that Palestinian terrorism was originally largely secular too, with the secular Marxist group PFLP ranking up the highest body count.
The point being, this conflict does not need religion. Even if everyone involved became secular tomorrow, Palestinian nationalists and Zionists would still kill each other without needing any god to justify it.
This is somewhat confusing. If there were no religious component, why not declare all Palestinians “Jewish” and resolve the issues immediately?
My understanding is that ethnically Jewish individuals (ie who can trace their matrilineal genealogy to synagogue records in accepted orgs) who have converted to other religions are not entitled to the right of return?
An atheist Jew is just as entitled to live in Israel as an ultra-orthodox one.
One should point out that Palestinian terrorism was originally largely secular too, with the secular Marxist group PFLP ranking up the highest body count.
The point being, this conflict does not need religion. Even if everyone involved became secular tomorrow, Palestinian nationalists and Zionists would still kill each other without needing any god to justify it.